![]() Vyazemskaya’s magazines for German children reflect what Bulgakov sees as the distorted Soviet attitude towards others: Vyazemskaya wants Philip to give because of social pressure to help others and an abstract commitment to equality, not because he actually cares about the German children. Despite the government’s professed belief in equality, it doesn’t make society much more equal-it just replaces an educated, civilized aristocracy with a cynical, manipulative communist elite. Aristocracy used to protect Philip’s privilege, but now, nepotism does. ![]() Philip’s phone call settles the conflict with the house committee, but it also shows the Soviet government’s absurd, dysfunctional corruption. ![]()
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